Jump to content

cgienthusiast

Members
  • Posts

    1
  • Joined

cgienthusiast's Achievements

Newbie

Newbie (1/14)

10

Reputation

  1. I am planning to build a machine to be used with 3ds max and VRay. At the moment, due to old hardware, I only use CPU rendering. Having played a bit on a workstation with a GTX Titan, I like it and think it could fit my workflow to use VRay RT and/or the progressive renderer. I did quite a bit of a research and for me the GPU is the hardest thing to decide on. The way nVidia cripple cards and how they position them, makes choosing one, even for a somewhat aware computer enthusiast willing to go and do research, overwhelming. Drivers and lack of optimization for different applications confuse things even more. In short I would like both great viewport performance and VRay RT too. I see people praising the Quadro K2000/K4000 and at the same time people saying Quadro cards are useless nowadays for 3ds max viewport and that GTX cards outperform them. A thing to consider is I am using a mATX case so there is space for two double width cards with no space between or around them. An option might be to buy one card which would be very good for viewport and maybe still good for RT so I could experiment and see how it goes. After that I could buy a great card for GPU rendering (Titan Black, GTX 780 - version with 6GB). If I go that route I could wait for the new series for the second card. For that computer case (TJ08-E) a reference design would be better, so it would blow the hot air outside the case and two cards would survive inside. Parts chosen: Case: Silverstone TJ08-E (CaseKing.de noise insulated version) CPU: Intel i7 4930k Tray CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 Motherboard: Asus Rampage Gene IV GPU: Confused (VRAY RT, Progressive rendering) RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport Very Low Profile 32GB Kit (8GBx4) DDR3-1600 1.35V (Low profile needed because of the CPU cooler) PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 750W or Seasonic 750W X Series SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (bought it last year) 3,5 inch Bay SSD Drawer: ICY DOCK MB992SK-B Any help would be greatly appreciated.
×
×
  • Create New...